“Definitely Naomi Campbell. The way she walks, she’s so beautiful and powerful—a strong woman. She knows what she wants and she always delivers on the catwalk. And, she’s very, very sexy, too.”—Irina Shayk

“Back to the beginning,” Tom Pecheux explained, fanning himself beneath the hot stage lights at Moschino. The makeup artist was referring to Jeremy Scott’s beauty muse for Spring 2017 who, despite the playful paper doll–themed show, was in fact the classic squad of supermodels who ruled the ’90s. “Back to Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, all the big-time top models,” he said of the bold brows, heavy contour, and dramatic lashes he crafted to complement hairstylist Paul Hanlon’s pert Linda Evangelista–inspired wigs. “We’re playing in that world today.”

Given the cast of mega bombshells who walked the show—Gigi! Taylor!—we wondered which icons inspired today’s modern-day supers. From Bella Hadid to Irina Shayk, eight models of the moment throw back to their legendary predecessors—here’s to Linda, Kate, and the whole gang.